Amazon hoists Wall Street toward another winning week and month
The mighty heft of Amazon is hoisting the U.S. stock market higher on Friday.
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Republican leaders reject Trump's demands to scrap the Senate filibuster to end the shutdown
Back from a week abroad, President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government after a monthlong shutdown, breaking with majority Republicans who have long opposed such a move.
Banks and retailers run short on pennies as the US Mint stops making them
The United States is running out of pennies.
Trump cuts tariffs on China after meeting Xi in South Korea
President Donald Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China, while Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare earth elements and start buying American soybeans.
US stocks are mixed as Wall Street sees both good and bad in Big Tech profits, US-China relations
The U.S. stock market is drifting around its record heights on Thursday, as Wall Street sifts through mixed developments on everything from the U.S.-China trade war to profits for Big Tech behemoths.
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for 2nd time
The Federal Reserve has lowered interest rates by a quarter-point for the second time this year.
Isolated flight delays may spread as air traffic controllers go without pay during shutdown
Air traffic controllers missed their paychecks Tuesday because of the ongoing government shutdown, and that has Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the head of the controllers' union concerned that flight delays could multiply as increasingly stressed-out controllers call out sick.
Vice President Vance says troops will be paid as pressure builds on Congress to end the shutdown
Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday he believes U.S. military members will be paid at the end of the week, though he did not specify how the Trump administration will reconfigure funding as pain from the second-longest shutdown spreads nationwide.
Trump scores golden gifts as United States and Seoul advance trade talks
The United States and South Korea advanced trade talks on Wednesday, addressing details of $350 billion that would be invested in the American economy, after negotiations and ceremonies that included the presentation of a gold medal and crown to President Donald Trump.
Airports dealing with traffic controller shortage
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has reported the first staffing shortages of the day on Tuesday, Oct. 28.
SC AG joins support for President Trump's Executive order on birthright citizenship
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a coalition of 24 states in support of President Trump’s birthright citizenship policy.
Jermaine Johnson launches bid for governor
The South Carolina gubernatorial election is November 3-rd of next year.
Trump's lawyers ask New York appeals court to toss out his hush money criminal conviction
President Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked a New York state appeals court to toss out his hush money criminal conviction, saying federal law preempts state law and there was no intent to commit a crime.
US stocks drift near their record heights as PayPal rallies and Royal Caribbean falls
The U.S. stock market is drifting near its record heights on Tuesday.
Pressure builds on Congress to end the shutdown, but a quick breakthrough appears unlikely
The pressure to end the second-longest federal government shutdown is gaining new urgency this week as millions of Americans face the prospect of losing food assistance, more federal workers miss their first full paycheck and recurring delays at airports snarl travel plans.
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